Events for February 8, 2022 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry
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Ocean of Data Challenge: Coastal Communities and Climate Change

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COVE and DeepSense with special guest Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) are hosting the second Ocean Data Challenge. This free event will span two evenings and begins on February 8th (6 pm) with an introduction to the Challenge, presentations from experts, and the chance to ask questions to help idea exploration. The Challenge concludes one week later, on February 15th with presentations from participants to our panel of judges. This challenge allows you to work at your own pace to explore ways to learn about ocean data, meet others with the same interests and bring together unique skills to create a team. This is a fantastic way to show off your design, programming or other talents. Not to mention more than $2,000 in prizes! The challenge is broken down into three Challenge Streams: Under the Water, On the Water, and Around the Water. Individuals and teams will be asked to choose one stream and provide interdisciplinary ideas for helping understand the coastal community impacts. Each stream can be used to explore different types of data, for example: “Under the Water” can explore ocean compensation (pollutants, algal blooms), “On the Water” can include storm surges and the water level rises and “Around […]

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Trends in Tech Recruitment

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What does the hiring landscape look like as we move into 2022? Join Nick Misener and Steph MacIntosh from Venor in a discussion on shifts in the tech market, what factors are contributing to a labour shortage and the Great Resignation, and strategies to help you attract and retain top tech talent in the new year. After this Webinar you will learn: What is causing the shortage of talent? What factors are contributing to the Great Resignation? What are companies doing to fight for top talent? What retention strategies are we seeing more of? What does the tech landscape look like as we move into 2022?

February Open House & Masterclass in Podcasting

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Join Erin Trafford and Dave Trafford, our executive producers for a lunch time zoom chat to learn more about: The Podcast Industry and how it's growing How having a podcast can serve you and your brand More about Story Studio Network and how to get involves Time for Q&A at the end

Entrepreneur Success Stories

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Welcome to “Entrepreneur Success Stories,” where every month successful entrepreneurs from Nova Scotia share their entrepreneurial stories! Come to these sessions to learn how other entrepreneurs started out, what their journeys were like, and what challenges they overcame to find business success. This month, join Mufaro Chakabuda. She is the founder and CEO of the Maritime Centre for African Dance Inc., the President of Chaks Publishing House, and the President of masteps.com. In this session, learn how Mufaro started her business with less than $20 and about her initial struggles and success. In this session, Mufaro will talk about: Getting to Canada How and where she started her business journey Overcoming resistance – telling her story about starting with $19.50 to scaling internationally Building something out of nothing , with her perspective as a black, female immigrant Crossing borders and scaling from a local Business to an international business Creating an ARTS business – “Artrepreneurship” – and building value in your craft To attend this session, you must: Be an ISANS business client Have a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 5+